Hanger



J. O. REED April 6, 1943.

HANGER FiledOct. 6, 1941 INVENTOR Jesse 0. Reed ATTORNEYS Patented Apr. 6, 1943 2,316,103 HANGER Jesse 0. Reed, Washington,

Claude R.

D. C., assignor to Wickard, as Secretary of Agriculture of the United States of America, and his successors in oifice Application October 6, 1941, Serial No. 413,801 4 Claims.. 01. 248-311) (Granted under the act of March 3, 1883, as

amended April 30, 1928; 370

This application is made under the act of March 3, 1883, as amended by the act of April 30, 1928, and the invention herein described and claimed, if patented, may be manufactured and used by or for the Government of the United States of America for governmental purposes without the payment to me of any royalty thereon.

This invention relates toarticle hangers and more particularly to a device which can be attached to an article for the purpose of supporting it by a peg, such as a nail, on a wall, tree, or post, and other supports. This invention is applicable to such devices as picture frames, mirrors, receptacles of various kinds, and so forth.

One of the objects of this invention is the provision of such a device which is easy and inexpensive to manufacture and simple to use, requiring a minimum of adjustment and manipulation One of the important applications of this invention is in the harvesting of crude turpentine gum. Until recently such gum was collected from the trees in cups made of either metal, which caused discoloration and deterioration of the gum, or in cups of clay products, which are very frangible and hence expensive. The recent development of properly designed glass cups for this purpose obviates the deficiency of both the clay and metal cups, but difiiculty has been encountered in finding both an adequate and inexpensive means of hanging such cups on the tree. The present invention is especially designed to overcome this diificulty and, accordingly, the following description will refer, for the purpose of illustration, to such cups and the manner of applying the device of this invention thereto. However, it is to be understood that this invention is applicable to a wide range of articles, such as articles of merchandise in the form of hardware, novelties, haberdashery, photographs, display cards, and so forth, and its use is not limited simply to such glass cups.

The following description, considered together with the accompanying drawing, will disclose this invention more fully, so that it may be understood readily by those skilled in the art, and further objects and advantages thereof will be apparent.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is an elevational view of a fragmentary portion of a tree with a glass cup used for collecting crude oleoresin, partly in section, suspended therefrom on a nail by using an embodie ment of my invention.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary oblique view showing a different method of attaching the embodiment of my invention illustrated in same cup.

FigureB is a plan View of the device comprising an embodiment of my invention apart from the cup.

Referring with more particularity to the drawing in which like numerals designate like parts, the cup 4 is of a conventional design provided with a rim or upper edge section 5 having a downwardly facing shoulder 6 on one side of the section and a downwardly extending surface 6 on the other side. A resilient wire 1 is bent to provide a loop 8, the ends of the wire crossing each other at the top and continuing downwardly, substantially as shown, to a point below the shoulder and above the bottom end of the loop 8, preferably about two-thirds to three-fourths of the way down, and then bent inwardly at the terminals to provide fingers 9, 9 to fit under the shoulder 6 while the loop 8 is disposed over the edge of the cup against the side 6 of the upper edge section opposite the point where the fingers 9, 9 engage the shoulder 6. The hanger is placed on the cup by placing the lower end of the loop against surface 6' and springing the fingers over the upper edge section into their shoulder-engaging position. The resiliency of the wire holds the fingers 9, 9 in place under the shoulder 6. The cup 4 can then be hung on a peg H), such as a nail, projecting from a vertical support, such as the tree I l, by passing the loop 8 over the nail with the crossed portion of the wire forming a bridge for engaging the peg.

As viewed in Figure 1, the hanger consists of a U-shaped resilient member, the loop 8 forming one leg and the ends of the wire forming a shorter leg and provided with a finger portion extending Figure l to the 'towardthe longer leg.

A different method of attaching the hanger is shown in Figure 2. Instead of a downwardly facing shoulder on the. lower part of section 5, holes l2, l2 are provided at the top of the receptacle to engage the fingers 9, 9 the tops of the holes forming the downwardly facing shoulder. This does not require any change in the design of the hanger, but limits the position of the hanger on the cup and is advantageous where this condition is desired. The method illustrated in Figure 1 is advantageous when different positions are desired.

It will be readily understood that it is not necessary that the shoulder 6 in Figure I extend completely around the cup. It may extend only a part of the way around, such as one-half or onefourth, when, for example, it is desired to reduce the quantity of material used in making the cup.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A hanger for use in suspending an article having an upper edge section and a downwardly facing shoulder near the top thereof, comprising a resilient wire bent in the shape of a closed loop to engage the article on its side opposite the downwardly facing shoulder, the ends crossing at the top of the loop to form a bridge for engaging a peg inserted through the loop to support the hanger and extending downward on either side, the terminals of the wire beingbent inward toward the loop to form fingers for supporting the articles at the downwardly facing shoulder.

2. A hanger for use in suspending an article provided downwardly facing shoulder on one side of the section and a downwardly extendingrsurface on the other side, comprising a resilient wire .bent at its central portion into a loop to bear against the downwardly extending surface, therend portions of the wire being crossed and bent to extend downwardlyalong theside of the section having the shoulder to a distance below the shoulder and above the lower end of the loop, with the crossed portion of the ends located above the upper edge section-of the article, and the terminals of the wire being ,bent inwardly to form fingers to engage the shoulder, whereby the hanger'may be placed on the article by placing the lower end of theloop against the downwardly extending surface and springing the fingers over with an upper edge section having a section and a downwardly extending surface on a the other side, comprising a generally U-shaped resilient member, one leg of which is shorter than the other and is provided with a finger portion extending toward the longer leg, whereby the placed on the article by placing the downwardly hanger may be the end of the longer leg against extending surface and springing the finger portion over the upper edge section into engagement withzthe downwardly facing shoulder.

4. A hanger for use in suspending an article I provided with an upper edge section having a downwardly facing shoulder on one side of the section and a downwardly extending surface on r the other side, comprising a resilient wire bent thezupper edgesectioninto'theirgshoulder-engag- 7 ing position, and whereby the crossed portion forms abridge for engaging -a1peg to support the :hanger.

into a return bend at its central portion to form aloop portion to bear against the downwardly extending surface, the end portions of the wire being bent to extend downwardly along theside of the section having the shoulder to a distance below the shoulder and above the lower end of the loop portion, and the terminals of the wire being bent to form fingers extending toward the loop portion to engage the shoulder, whereby the hanger may be placed on the article by placing the lower end of the loop portion against the downwardly extending surface and springing the fingers over the upper edge section intoengagement with the downwardly-facing shoulder.

JESSE O. REED. 

